Robert of Vire

Robert of Vire (1146-1186) was a Marshall of the Templar Order during the Crusades.

Biography
Robert of Vire was born in 1146 in Vire in the Kingdom of England's Duchy of Normandy, and became a member of the Templar Order during the late 1160s. Robert was a veteran of numerous battles with the Saracens in Outremer, and became a Marshall of the Templar Order, one of the highest ranks. In the 1186 Battle of Kiryat Ata, his knights assisted in the defeat of the Saracen army of al-Mustanjid of Faqus, fighting alongside the Kingdom of Jerusalem general Morcar of Flers. However, shortly after the victory, Robert of Vire was assassinated. While he was in the city of Alexandria making contact with some Templar allies there, he was killed by the new Hashshashin's Guild of Alexandria.